Preindustrial cities merged work and residence within single dwellings

Evidence

Adding to all this was the practice of combining work and residence in a single dwelling. The scholars of twelfth century Paris lived and taught in the same small building (Holmes, 1966:67-69). Many merchants and artisans followed a similar pattern, and Sjoberg considers this work-home mix one of the main features of “preindustrial-urban life from the earliest cities in Mesopotamia down to the present day” (1960:103). — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 228

Adding to all this was the practice of combining work and residence in a single dwelling. The scholars of twelfth century Paris lived and taught in the same small building (Holmes, 1966:67-69). Many merchants and artisans followed a similar pattern, and Sjoberg considers this work-home mix one of the main features of “preindustrial-urban life from the earliest cities in Mesopotamia down to the present day” (1960:103). As late as 1906, until the earthquake and fire destroyed the city and a way of life, San Francisco shared this characteristic with earlier urban centers. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 228

Categorization

• XREF: Directly contrasts with the modern split Lofland will use to define public space; relates to how the reader’s flâneur moves through a world where work and home are separated.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 228